Kamp Bentwater 2024
Dear Club Members,
We are excited to announce the return of Kamp Bentwater for Summer 2024! To provide the highest quality summer camp experience for our growing youth members, we have once again partnered with KE Camps to run our summer camp this year. We believe this is an opportunity to provide our membership with the best camp services, run by experienced camp professionals.
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the KE Camps program, we would like to take this opportunity to tell you more about it. KE Camps works exclusively with private clubs across the country to provide an expertly run and well-rounded camp experience. Their mission is to infuse the warmth and spirit of a traditional summer camp within the unique setting of our club. The KE Camps team looks forward to passing on their love of camp to your family this summer.
While KE Camps operates over 250 camps nationwide during the season, Kamp Bentwater is customized to our needs, utilizing Bentwater Yacht and Country Club's top-notch amenities, beautiful property, and athletic professionals. For the past 7 years, KE Camps has blended seamlessly with the atmosphere and flow of our daily club life. With that in mind, we keep the size of camp small, limited to a maximum of 35 campers per week.
What will KE Camps do for Bentwater Yacht and Country Club?
- KE Camps will create and maintain a Kamp Bentwater webpage on the KE Camps website (https://kecamps.com/camps/bentwater-yacht-and-country-club), where you can view camp information and details. In addition, KE Camps will provide camp-related information to your family leading up to camp and throughout the summer.
- KE Camps will recruit, hire, and train all camp staff, each of whom will have a passion for working with children in a camp setting. In addition to an extensive interview process, this includes performing appropriate background and reference checks, as well as requiring all staff members to be First Aid and CPR trained (at a minimum). The staff will consist of an on-site Camp Director as well as a team of camp counselors to provide an average staff to camper ratio of 6:1. In addition to being the primary contact for our families during the camp season, the Camp Director will work closely with the KE Camps management team as well as our own management staff to coordinate the details and logistics of camp. Information about our Camp Director will be provided as we get closer to the opening day of camp.
- KE Camps will handle all camper registrations through their website, including collecting camper information (health histories, allergies, etc.), billing, and customer service. Located in New Jersey, the KE Camps management team is accessible year-round. During the summer, office hours are extended so you will always be able to connect with someone for any questions or concerns that come up. Communication with the KE Camps team includes phone, email, and live chat via their website.
- KE Camps will plan and implement
age-appropriate programming for our campers, ages 4 to 12. KE Camps is committed
to providing a dynamic camp schedule, where campers will
participate in a combination of athletic, creative, and educational
activities – all while thriving
in a supportive and encouraging environment. Each week's schedule will include
a combination of Arts & Crafts, STEM Activities, Fun with Foods,
Team-Building, Science Projects, Group Games, Wacky Wednesday Theme Days,
Thankful Thursday Community Service Projects, and Friday Funday Spirit Days.
- *In addition, campers will participate in one golf, one yoga, one fitness, and one tennis session each week, led by Bentwater Yacht and Country Club pros, archery tag, as well as a daily free swim period, supervised by KE Camps lifeguards (along with the KE Camps staff team). For information about KE Camps' swim policies, click here.
- KE Camps will provide an inclusive and confidence-building atmosphere at camp for every camper. Through the tradition of earning SMILE Bands (Sportsmanship, Mindfulness, Inclusion, Leadership, Enthusiasm), camp provides an opportunity for character-building and personal growth. In addition, get ready for other fun camp traditions incorporated throughout the summer. It is these traditions that truly make it feel like camp!
Enrollment will open on January 2nd to Club Members and Guests, providing the perfect opportunity to bring a friend to camp! KE Camps' flexible registration allows you to sign up for as many weekly sessions as you would like. Registration remains open throughout the season so as long as space remains available, you may add additional sessions. Tuition and lunch details can be found on the Bentwater Yacht and Country Club page of the KE Camps website.
Ahead of registration opening, we hope you will "save the date" for camp and mark your calendars for the following sessions:
- June 18-21
- June 25-28
- July 9-12
- Camp operates from 10am – 4pm, Tuesday-Friday.
We look forward to an enriching summer ahead, full of fun, friendship, and memories made at our club. We cannot wait to see your smiling campers this summer!
